Lincolnshire County Council has gone out to tender with a contract worth up to £60 million for highways maintenance which includes drainage work and flood prevention schemes.
The Council is seeking to set up a Select List framework to replace its current Select List framework which expires in August 2016. The purpose of the framework is to procure works of highway maintenance and / or improvement, on or adjacent to the highway. Including drainage works.
The schemes may be within, on, or adjacent to the County boundaries, including private land, and may be undertaken on behalf of:
- all Lincolnshire's 8 District Authorities
- Internal Drainage Boards within the County
- S278 Developers
The framework contract, which will run for four years, is split into five Lots - the council's intention is for each Lot to contain 5 suppliers. Suppliers can submit tenders for a maximum of 4 Lots - the maximum that can be awarded to one tenderer.
Estimated combined total value of all five Lots, which are banded according to value, is £60 million. The work will include highway maintenance or improvements, maintenance and improvement of bridge and culvert assets, urban/ municipal, drainage including flood prevention schemes, and environmental projects.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 11th May 2016 - click here to access the tender documentation.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and 
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
Find out more about the remarkable career opportunities on offer at WSP - scroll down to watch the inspirational video.